Written questions

Youth Justice: Standards

2026-06-17 · Ministry of Justice · 11242 · Official question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that youth justice services have adequate resources and capacity to deliver diversionary interventions at scale.

Answer

This Government has committed to investing £15.4 million per year in the Turnaround programme until March 2029, to support Youth Justice Services (YJS) across England and Wales to intervene earlier with children on the cusp of entering the youth justice s...